Astronautalis peforms Sunday at WMC, at Cleveland Public Theatre.Megan Thompson

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland will host the fourth annual Weapons of Mass Creation festival this weekend. Billed as “the premier art, design, and music event in the Midwest,” organizers estimate the fest should attract more than 1,200 creative professional, graphic designers, artists, professionals, musicians and students to the Gordon Square area this weekend.

Weapons of Mass Creation was started in 2010 by Jeff Finley, a partner in Ohio City-based design firm Go Media. Cleveland marketing professional Todd Gauman took over the growing fest in 2012.

This year’s line-up features more than 40 speakers and designers and, performances by more than 30 bands and break dancers. WMC is also adding a host this year, Mark Brickey, host of the Adventures in Design podcast. Other speakers include Brooklyn, N.Y.-native Jon Contino, a , freelance illustrator and co-founder and creative director of the urban menswear brand CXXVI; Cleveland fashion designer Valerie Mayen; and Stewart Scott-Curran, art director for CNN Digital.

Musical performers include Minneapolis art-rapper Astronautalis; Kent’s punky pseudo-kid band ShiSho; and Cleveland’s The Modern Electric and Extra Medium Pony.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday and runs through Sunday evening, in and around the Gordon Square area. Pre-sale three-day passes are $75, available online. Single day passes are $35, day of event, available at any participating venue. See http://wmcfest.com/ for full schedule details and to purchase tickets. The Friday night mixer is just $10.

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